Published: February 16, 2004 7:00 PM

The Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign has announced its Ohio County Leadership Team, which includes local chairpersons Ernest Skip Gardner (Guernsey County) and Jeffrey Antill (Noble County).

The local county chairpersons will help build support for the presidents re-election campaign around their county and across the state.

Ohio will play a very important role in this election, said Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot. Our campaign depends on the work of these men and women who will carry the presidents record of success throughout Ohio.

We are luck to have such an accomplished group of leaders on our team, Racicot said.

Gardner works for a local title agency and is a member of the Cambridge City Council. He is also vice-chairman of the Guernsey County Republican Central Committee.

Antill is a technician at the water plant in Caldwell. He is also a Republican candidate for Noble County commissioner.